English

Etymology

Coined in 1972 by Stanley Cohen, who coined the phrase to describe media coverage of Mods and Rockers in Great Britain in the 1960s.

Noun
moral panic

1. A semi-spontaneous or media-generated mass movement based on the perception that an individual, group, community, or culture is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society. A public outcry.

Translations

Chinese: �德�� (daodekonghuang)
Dutch: morele paniek
Finnish: moraalinen paniikki
French: panique morale, tollé public
German: moralische Panik, allgemeiner Protest
Greek: ηθικ�� �ανικ�� (�thikós panikós), δημ��ια κα�ακ�α�γή (d�mósia katakraugé)
Italian: panico morale
Japanese: �徳������ (d�tokuteki na panikku)
Korean: ���� 공� (dodeokjeogin gonghwang)
Latin: pavor moralis nom., pavoris moralis gen.
Portuguese: pânico moral
Russian: н�ав��венна� паника (nravstvennaya panika)
Spanish: pánico moral
Swedish: moralpanik c

External links

Wikipedia article on 'Moral Panic'

fr:moral panic

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